450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Peer into this window for an interesting glimpse into the public utilities that make this city run.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

This small park holds what remains of a former prison and execution ground.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

The last of its kind in the country.